Britain, Beautiful, Interesting and Sometimes Strange

Haddon Hall,Derbyshire,2nd August 2019.

Haddon Hall,Derbyshire,2nd August 2019.

Castle Street,Bakewell, a quiet residential street of fine buildings in central Bakewell. The street name (and that of Castle Hill across the river) are reminders that Bakewell was once a fortified town.

Great Chalfield Manor 14th July 2019.

Mottisfont,8th June 2019.

The reason the Trust apparently gave was lack of footfall. If true this seems an odd reason to measure the worthiness of preserving a property for the nation.

Untitled image in Miscellaneous photographs from around the British Isles (Gallery Nine) -Views of Lacock Abbey & its surrounds. (26759)

Untitled image in Miscellaneous photographs from around the British Isles (Gallery Nine) -Views of Lacock Abbey & its surrounds. (26760)

Untitled image in Miscellaneous photographs from around the British Isles (Gallery Nine) -Views of Lacock Abbey & its surrounds. (26762)

Untitled image in A Visit to Salisbury - 10th July 2018. (25489)

Although each dove is individual,together they stand for a fundamental human right that of peace and freedom.

Untitled image in A Visit to Salisbury - 10th July 2018. (25488)

A woodland walk on the Bowood Estate near Chippenham,Wiltshire.4th May 2018.

Aconites with a few crocuses at Welford Park,22nd February 2018.

Church Organ from the Cunard liner RMS Mauritania.(1938 to 1965)

Untitled image in Kew Gardens at Christmas. (22394)

Untitled image in Kew Gardens at Christmas. (22392)

Palm House 18th December 2016.

National Arboretum,Westonbirt,31st October 2016.

On the Kennet & Avon Canal between Dundas and Bradford-on-Avon 27th October 2016.

National Arboretum,Westonbirt,31st October 2016.

Views around Hever Castle 30th June 2016.

Banbury Cross,7th May 2016.At one time Banbury had many crosses (the High Cross, the Bread Cross and the White Cross), but these were destroyed by Puritans on 26 July 1600. Banbury remained without a cross for more than 250 years until the current Banbury Cross was erected in 1859 at the centre of the town to commemorate the marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal (eldest child of Queen Victoria) to Prince Frederick of Prussia. The current Banbury Cross is a stone, spire-shaped monument decorated in Gothic form. Statues of Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V were added in 1914 to commemorate the coronation of George V. The cross is 52 feet 6 inches (16 m) high, and topped by a gilt cross.Towns with crosses in England before the reformation were places of Christian pilgrimage.

Views around Hever Castle 30th June 2016.

Creels at Tobermoray ,the 'Capital' of the Isle of Mull.29th September 2015.

St.Mary the Virgin and St.Nicholas,Sandy Lane,near Chippenham,North Wiltshire.5th May 2016.Modern settlement at Sandy Lane began in the 18th century and it is very much an estate village. Ecclesiastically it had come under Derry Hill, but in 1864 it was transferred to the new parish of Chittoe. The church of St. Nicholas was built in 1892 as a mission church, to the design of J.H. Hopkins. It is small and of an unusual timber construction with a steep thatched roof. The timbering is in an A form with 6 pairs of trusses resting on brick sleeper walls. The walls of the church consist of 2 timber sections with sawdust rammed between. All fittings are made of wood, except the 19th century brass oil lamps. In 1980 Chittoe church was declared redundant and Bromham and Chittoe parishes were united as a new parish of Bromham, Chittoe and Sandy Lane. Sandy Lane church became a chapel of ease in the new parish. In 1981 the church was rededicated with the present joint dedication.

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre opened in 1932 on the site adjacent to the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (opened 19 April 1879), which had been destroyed by fire on 6 March 1926, whose name it took. The architect was Elisabeth Scott, so the theatre became the first important work erected in this country from the designs of a woman architect. It is now owned and managed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and was renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1961.

Plaque on the wall of 32-33 Posterngate,Hull,25th M arch 2015.

A view towards Salisbury Cathedral through Cloisters Square and past The College of Matrons,18th April 2018.

Views around the Avebury Stone Circle.1st April 2013.